Is a landlord liable for injuries to a motorist on an adjacent roadway caused by a tenant’s livestock known to the landlord to be fenced in on the property?
Estate of St. John v. Schaeffler
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Form-of-the-Week: The Right of First Refusal to Buy — Form 579
A landlord and tenant may agree to grant the tenant a right of first refusal in an addendum to the lease agreement using RPI Form 579.
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Form-of-the-Week: Tenant Representation Agreements and Renewals — Forms 105.1, 105.2, 105.1A and 105.2A
The tenant representation agreement employing a broker to acquire a leasehold interest in a property is the leasing equivalent to the buyer representation agreement to acquire a fee interest.
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Reading the legal tea leaves — the parallel need to conform tenant representation to new buyer representation rules for commercial transactions
The new buyer representation rules have an application which may surprise some brokers – the negotiated, written representation of commercial tenant clients.
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Changes to application screening fees charged by residential landlords
Landlords now need to actually have a unit readily available for a prospective tenant to occupy when they demand a screening fee for reviewing an application for approval or denial.
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Mandated landlord credit-reporting offer to improve tenant credit scores
Residential landlords are now obligated to offer to report a tenant’s positive rental payment information to at least one nationwide consumer reporting agency.
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New law takes aim at “junk fees” from California landlords
Landlords may no longer charge fees for posting or serving eviction notices or notices to vacate to residential tenants or for accepting rent or security deposit payments by check. Security deposits charged a military service member renting as a residential tenant, when higher than the security deposit charged others, require specific steps.
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Is a residential landlord liable for injuries caused by a tenant’s dogs when the landlord is unaware the dogs are potentially violent?
In re: Fraser v. Farvid Facts: A landlord rents a single family residence (SFR) to a tenant. The...
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Is a tenant in a subsidized low-income housing development entitled to money losses when a landlord serves an improper notice to terminate the tenancy?
Campbell v. FPI Management, Inc. Facts: A residential landlord rents a unit in a federally...
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Tenants with disabilities may move to accessible units within the property
Calif. Civil Code §1954.53
Amended to add subsection 4(A) by AB 1620
Effective date: January 1, 2024
Calculating TPA rent caps for existing residential tenants
This article examines how a landlord of property controlled by the TPA calculates the maximum lawful annual rent increase chargeable to existing tenants, called rent caps.
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Letter to the Editor: When may a landlord evict a properly performing tenant?
Landlords evicting a residential tenant who is not in default are limited to specific circumstances, called “just cause.”
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New law limits HOA assessment increases for new CIDs
HOA’s will soon be further restricted in how much they can increase their regular assessments.
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Form-of-the-Week: Ordinance Compliance, and Service and Maintenance Providers — Forms 307 and 324
These forms are used by a sellers agent as part of the Transfer Disclosure Statement (TDS) to comply with city or county ordinance disclosure requirements and to disclose information about service and maintenance providers currently used on a property listed for sale.
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2024 updates to no-fault just cause eviction procedures
This article covers legal updates for landlords conducting a no-fault just cause eviction.
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Is a commercial tenant excused from paying rent during a government mandate to cease operating their business when their lease agreement includes a force majeure provision?
Fitness International LLC v. KB Salt Lake III LLC
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Landlords of prospective Section 8 tenants must allow credit history alternatives
The credit check requirement is a major roadblock for prospective Section 8 tenants who are otherwise qualified to pay rent.
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New security deposit limitations for California’s residential landlords
Security deposit rules are tightening for California residential landlords in 2024.
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